Former Qin
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Was a kingdom during the Chines period of the Sixteen Kingdoms.
Establishment
January 352: Former Qin was a Di kingdom founded by Fu Jian in 351. Fu Jian's father Fu Hong was a leader under the service of Later Zhao. When Shi Hu died, Fu Hong led his people, 100,000 strong, westward. They defeated another group of Qiang exiles and captured Chang'an in 351.
Chronology
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Were a series of military campaigns by Former Qin, a Chinese polity during the Sixteen Kingdoms Era, that led to the conquest of northern China.
January 371: Fu Jian subjugated the nomadic Qiang tribes in 370.
January 371: Former Yan was conquered by Former Qin in 370.
January 372: The Chouchi Kingdom was conquered by Former Qin in 371.
January 374: In 373, Fu Jian seized Sichuan.
January 377: Dai was conquered by Former Qin in 376.
January 377: In 376, Former Qin conquered Former Liang.
January 380: In 379, Xiangyang was conquered by the Former Qin dynasty under the rule of the emperor Fu Jian. Xiangyang was an important strategic city located in present-day Hubei province, China.
January 382: By 381, Former Qin emperor Fu Jian had united all of North China under his control.
January 384: Shouchun fell to the Qin vanguard (250,000) under Fu Rong.
January 384: Qin general Lü Guang subjugated Qiuci.
January 387: The Western Yan abandon the city of Chang'an.
January 385: In 384, Former Qin lost Xiangyang.
January 385: The Former Qin empire collapsed under the weight of rebellion. In 384 Murong Chui reconquered his territory in the northeast, proclaiming himself emperor of what would be known as Later Yan in 386.
January 385: Other members of the Murong family besieged Fu Jian in Chang'an from 384-385. He escaped only to be intercepted by and killed by Yao Chang. Yao proclaimed himself emperor of Later Qin in 386.
January 385: In 384, Western Yan was founded by Murong Hong.
January 386: Chang'an conquered by Western Yan.
January 386: Sichuan and the southern bank of the Yellow River fell to the Jin.
January 386: Chouchi Kingdom revived in 385.
January 386: In 385, Qifu Guoren founded Western Qin.
January 387: The kingdom of Dai was revived in 386 as Northern Wei.
January 388: In 387, Lü Guang founded Later Liang.
Disestablishment
January 395: Former Qin was annexed by Later Qin in 394.
